Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 550 - LICENSING STANDARDS FOR PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE CENTERS
Subchapter C - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Division 3 - NURSING AND STAFFING REQUIREMENTS
Section 550.416 - Staff Development Program

Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 550.416

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) A center's staff development programs must:

(1) facilitate the ability of the staff to function as a member of an IDT that includes health professionals, an adult minor, and a minor's parent;

(2) improve communication skills to:

(A) facilitate a collaborative relationship between an adult minor, a minor's parent, and the staff;

(B) focus on person-centered thinking;

(D) incorporate person-first language;

(3) increase the understanding of childhood illness and the effects it has on a minor's development, a minor's parent, and a minor's family;

(4) provide mechanisms and skills for coping with the effects of childhood illness;

(5) develop case management skills to assist an adult minor and a minor's parent in setting priorities, planning, and implementing a minor's care at home;

(6) facilitate staff implementation of life-sustaining and assistive technology, provided by the center or by durable medical equipment contractors, used in the care of a minor;

(7) facilitate the ability of staff to develop an individualized comprehensive plan of care; and

(8) prepare staff for the response to and management of emergency medical situations in a center.

(b) A center must:

(1) conduct quarterly staff development programs appropriate to the staff providing services to minors to maintain high quality care; and

(2) ensure that all center staff providing basic services to minors maintain basic life support certification.

(1) the title and a short summary of the training program;

(2) date and time;

(3) name of the trainer; and

(4) certificate of completion.

(d) A center must maintain the quarterly staff development training program documentation for a period of two years. If the staff development training is specific to services provided to a specific minor, reference to the training must be maintained as part of a minor's medical record.

Disclaimer: These regulations may not be the most recent version. Texas may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.